featured posts

Wisdom From The Experts Pt 4 & 5 Two Turtle and Tort experts, two related pieces of wisdom to share about turtle and tortoise anatomy! Lori Neuman-Lee, PhD (@CheloniaGirl ), prof at Utah State University, says – “I wish people knew that turtles can’t come out of their shells…because their shells are part of their...
Read more

Words of Wisdom from the Experts Pt 3- “I wish people knew how smart turtles are. They learn quickly where their food comes from; if from a human then they learn that specific person” Is what Michelle Kelly (@MichelleKellyCW), public speaker about Reptiles and amphibians, wishes more people knew about turtles and tortoises. Those of...
Read more

Words of wisdom from the experts pt 2 Check out this INCREDIBLE photo by Amanda Hipps, @biophilamanda, one of the experts who responded to our #worldturtleday question. Amanda studies the animals that live in gopher tortoise burrows. In case you didn’t know, gopher tortoise burrows are home to hundreds of other animals. Their status as endangered directly...
Read more

This year, in honor of #WorldTurtleDay, we asked herpetologists, biologists, rescues, and rehabbers, to tell us what they wish more people knew about Turtles and Tortoises. Starting today we’ll be sharing a few responses a day! Let’s learn more about the animals we love from people who have devoted their lives to protecting them. Biologist...
Read more

Hearing the children yelling he went to inspect the area and noticed the turtle bleeding with a cracked shell. He rushed it to the local RSPCA just in the nick of time.

RSPCA spokesman Michael Beattie says there is often a spike in animal cruelty during school holidays.

“Incidents such as this are just really depressing and to be honest animal cruelty that starts at an early age is a very worrying thing to lead into your future life,” he added.

Mr. Thompson was rightfully horrified by the incident. “It is concerning, especially when you get eight to 12-year-olds wanting to put wildlife on the road and have it run over for sheer pleasure – that is just so wrong.”

The turtle is considered extremely lucky to be on the road to a full recovery and has been named ‘Security Les’ after his rescuer.